diff --git a/reference/image/functions/getimagesize.xml b/reference/image/functions/getimagesize.xml
index c953d47819..ac873a112e 100644
--- a/reference/image/functions/getimagesize.xml
+++ b/reference/image/functions/getimagesize.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     This function expects <parameter>filename</parameter> to be a valid
     image file. If a non-image file is supplied, it may be incorrectly
     detected as an image and the function will return successfully, but
-    the array may contain nonsentical values.
+    the array may contain nonsensical values.
    </para>
    <para>
     Do not use <function>getimagesize</function> to check that a given